pépée

\pe.pe\

/\pe.pe\/ noun

The verdict

“pépée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poupée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pepee · pépée · French

pépée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for pépée
PropertyValue
Headwordpépée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pe.pe\
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pépée » en français

pépéen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pépée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pépée, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pépée, spelled P-É-P-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poupée.
  2. 2
    Jeune femme ou jeune fille, généralement jolie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pépée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je sais que le tabac, c’est mauvais pour la voix, On dit que l’alcool c’est pas bon pour le foie, Quant aux petites pépées, c’est fatal pour le cœur, […]
  2. Dans son portrait du secrétaire général, un journaliste a écrit une comparaison qui donne à réfléchir malgré sa méchanceté gratuite : il serait fasciné par le PR comme par un voyou accompagné d’une spectaculaire pépée.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pépée"?
"pépée" is spelled P-É-P-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.pe\.
What does "pépée" mean?
As a noun, "pépée" means: Poupée.
How do you pronounce "pépée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pépée" is \pe.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pépée" come from?
"pépée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list